Parties are also encouraged to take into account the following guidelines, as well as the set of training modules developed collaboratively by the United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations University, when preparing and implementing their national strategies and action plans.

UNEP 1993 and WRI 1995 Guidelines

• United Nations Environment Programme Guidelines for Country Studies on Biological Diversity, Nairobi, 1 October 1993 (UNEP/Bio.Div./Guidelines/CS/Rev.2)
• Miller, K R and Lanou, S M. National Biodiversity Planning: Guidelines Based on Early Experiences around the World. World Resources Institute/UNEP/IUCN, Washington, DC, 1995
• Juan Javier Garcia Fernandez. Guide for the Preparation of Action Plans within the framework of the Biodiversity Convention, UNDP/GEF 1998 (available in English and Spanish)
• Roy T. Hagen A. Guide for Countries Preparing National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, UNDP/GEF 1999 (available in English)
  

UNEP Biodiversity Planning Support Programme (BPSP) Thematic Studies

• Integrating Biodiversity into Broader National Development Frameworks
  (Thematic studies in Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Tourism, Environmental Assessment, Economic Tools in Biodiversity Planning, Financial Planning for NBSAPs, Harmonization of Legal Obligations under MEAs)
  

Fauna and Flora International Guidelines

• Fauna & Flora International. National Biodiversity Strategy and Action: Planning BSAP Preparation: Materials Compiled for the BSAP preparation process, Cambridge UK, n/d (available in English)
  

The Prescott et al. guidelines

• Jacques Prescott, Benoît Gauthier and Jonas Nagahuedi Mbongu Sodi. Guide to Developing a Biodiversity Strategy from a Sustainable Development Perspective Institut de l’énergie et de l’environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF), Ministère de l’Environnement du Québec, UNDP and UNEP, Montreal, September 2000 (available in English, French and Spanish)
  

WWF/SPREP

• NBSAP Preparation Checklist - Pacific Island Countries, WWF/SPREP, Apia, Samoa n/d (available in English).
  

Proposed Voluntary Guidelines to Parties for Review of NBSAPs

• Decision VIII/8 (Annex)